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Jalqamus

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Jalqamus () is a Palestinian village in the West Bank, located 10 km southeast of the city of Jenin in the northern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 1,867 inhabitants in mid-year 2006 and 2,624 by 2017.

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Place details

Locality
جلقموس
Region
West Bank
Country
الأراضي الفلسطينية
Population
1,968
Timezone
Asia/Hebron

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Key facts

Settlement.name
Jalqamus
Settlement.translit_lang1
Arabic
Settlement.translit_lang1_type
Arabic
Settlement.translit_lang1_info
جلقموس
Settlement.type
Municipality type D (Village council)
Settlement.pushpin_map
Palestine
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location of Jalqamus within Palestine
Settlement.grid_name
Palestine grid
Settlement.grid_position
184/173
Settlement.subdivision_type
State
Settlement.subdivision_name
State of Palestine
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Governorate
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Jenin
Settlement.established_title
Founded
Settlement.government_type
Village council
Settlement.unit_pref
dunam
Settlement.population_total
2624
Settlement.population_as_of
2017

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Instance of
village
Country
Palestine
Population
435
Time zone
UTC+03:00
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Commons category
Jalqamus
PCBS locality code
10305

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Encyclopedic overview

10 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Ottoman era
  • British Mandate era
  • Jordanian era
  • Post-1967
  • Holy sites
  • Demography
  • References
  • Bibliography
  • External links

Jalqamus () is a Palestinian village in the West Bank, located 10 km southeast of the city of Jenin in the northern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 1,867 inhabitants in mid-year 2006 and 2,624 by 2017.

== History == Jalaqmus is not found in 16th century records, but local describe it as an ancient site. Its original residents reportedly came from the areas of Nablus and Ramallah.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jalqamus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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